Here is an overview of the overall feedback on the course, 62% of participants rated the course a 7 or higher.
Below I compile participant feedback for all quantifiable questions for each facilitator on the left side of the tab, and qualitative feedback on the right side.
| All Responses for Adelfa Hegarty |
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Discussions |
| All Responses for Alisha Powers |
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Excellent |
Teachers sharing their thoughts and the presentation was helpful |
Many teachers agree we are unhappy with the holes in the curriculum, having to print |
| All Responses for Ashmeet Sahni |
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We had a chance to really look at a lesson. |
| All Responses for Bethany Brown |
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talking to peers about what works |
homework suggestions |
Great job! |
A lot of great discussions. |
Nothing |
Thank you for focusing on the math! |
Learned about effective questioning. |
More time in break out rooms. |
conversation with other grade level alike teachers, time to read through the IM curriculum |
I want more supports mentioned for Special Education in these Learnzillion PDs. |
Breakout rooms to talk with other schools |
Learnzillion site there seems to be so much clicking around to find the lesson, I wish |
I liked how we looked at our grade level lesson |
Nothing about facilitation skills. She was great. |
Well prepared; patient with slow feedback from audience/teacher; clear explanation of |
Nothing the facilitator did wrong. To me, this is such a dry subject and is not easy |
There is way too much focus on equity, and there is not nearly enough focus on the math. |
The internet only went down at Sessions, and at PBE it worked! |
Everything else. PLEASE focus on the math. |
informational |
thanks! |
focused and clear |
Jamboard |
information |
| All Responses for Callie Herring |
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More time.... |
Learning more about who we choose to call on when we are soliciting answers from my |
More time... |
Nothing to add. |
I have a better understanding of funnel vs focused questions |
Nothing to add. Just more time in breakout groups to converse |
She was a great facilitator! |
Learning how to elicit student thinking and getting a chance to try on being a student |
I would not have changed anything |
At first I had no clue what I was going to learn today because I didn't participate in the |
the pacing and questioning using the activities were spot on to model the questions. |
nothing that I can think of |
Understanding how we can elicit student thinking. |
More time... |
In general: If there is an expectation that we complete a task through another site or |
The opportunity to engage with facilitators, to ask questions, share our thoughts and to |
Continue adjusting based on the needs of the participants, and being open shared |
Number talks and diving into effective teaching practices |
Having more time to expand on the effective teaching practices |
Nice that she allowed those who have been using IM to share their experiences. |
Understanding the NCTM Effective practices with the Equity Standard. Great work! |
| All Responses for Emily Griffin |
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Good flow of the lesson |
| All Responses for Emily Howard |
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Pace, assignment |
0 |
good job |
Structured well, pace was good. |
Looking at an actual lesson |
Everything |
Small Groups |
Was confused about the overall goal of the lesson or what the takeaway focus was, took me |
I don't think that teachers need a theoretical breakdown of the program. We just want the |
Presenters were informative. |
A faster jump into the curriculum. 5 hours of "what is math' is not needed. |
lots of background information |
lots of educational jargon |
It was good. Just tough venue of zoom. |
Looking at lessons |
Showing lessons first so we can see where we are going |
Very well paced |
Pacing - and overview |
Towards the end of the day - lots of content to process |
| All Responses for Gregory Leap |
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Practical focus in the unit that we are currently working on. Brainstorming on meaningful |
This was the most useful PD with Teaching Lab that we've had yet. |
Thank you for finally listening to our feedback and working with our district math team to |
For once, I would have liked a little more time to work on the tasks at the end rather |
Meeting other 8th grade teachers from a different school. |
More work on diving in to Grade Level work to better understand the program. |
This session was helpful because it was content specific. I liked the discussion on the |
Relevant material. |
Diving deeper into the Critical Concepts |
maybe a little faster pace |
Breakout rooms according to your preferred grade. I teach 3 grades and this was very |
Email follow up work with link. |
I'm okay, sometimes you all go pretty fast because you are veteran math teachers and you |
Knowing that I am not the only one re-learning what I forgot while learning what I don't |
I enjoyed the breakout sessions. I think they were timed well, not too long or too short |
Really enjoying these classes Thank you |
Critical concept map and focus questions |
nothing |
Looking at the math from the Student perspective |
Nothing |
It was a good lesson. I'm just tired at the end of the day. Also, I find students seem to |
I understood what was going on. |
Clearer instructions. |
Breakout rooms were either too short or too long. Directions were not always clear. And |
We started and ended on time. |
It would be nice if this were more relevant. I feel like what we are learning, I already |
I apologize but these trainings have been very repetitive. I have been a part of the SDEM |
working with my co-teacher regarding our classes |
nothing it went well |
It was a good introduction to the material |
Clear concise statements about directions - written or verbal |
none at this time |
It was quick and to the point |
not sure at this time |
I need more of the nuts and bolts of daily lesson facilitating rather that the reasoning |
Seeing good math discussion. |
nothing it was perfect |
He was nice. not boring. |
nothing. |
Examples given and the breakout rooms |
Time to work with other teachers. |
The timing was well done and I did like the breakout rooms. The questions were relevant |
Respectfully, I didn't feel like I learned anything new. |
Everything |
Nothing |
Great facilitator. Working as a student is always helpful |
nothing |
Breakout Rooms |
technology and dialogue was smooth |
the discourse that was promoted in breakouts. |
I was satisfied with the session. I would like to get to the meat of the classroom |
| All Responses for Hanady Elsayed |
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Looking forward to an upcoming lesson and practicing with team mates. |
Collaboration and input on lessons and targeting student needs with thought provoking |
She was great, but didn't know the program Learn Zillion that we use. |
Breakout room with my grade level |
Knowing more about the LearnZillion platform that we have to use for IM |
Break out room conversation regarding preparing for a lesson |
Learning about platforms |
Hanady is very positive and knowledgeable. Love being in her sessions. |
People are exhausted and stretched thin but I think they were engaged. |
Continue to incorporate research cases that speak to the inequities in our math spaces. |
The act of going into lessons that we are actually going to teach was very valuable. It |
Additional time to process and discuss with whole group our thinking and to see the scope |
Everything |
More grade level practice. Looking more through IM |
I am new to the Teaching Lab and feel very supported here in these PD sessions. Thank you! |
Clarity in the approach to questioning so we focus on student understanding. |
Looking at upcoming lessons. |
Our breakout room in our grade level |
More grade level practice looking through IM-there are so many parts to look at, it's |
great session! |
discussion about questioning |
nothing |
More participants to share their thoughts. |
Too many questions that I had to answer without any background. I was waiting for some |
Opening |
Needs to be more engaging and give us some content. I am still not sure what the role of |
Good guidance by insructor. |
I don'y think you need the techers talking as much as you need the instructor giving us |
pacing |
demonstrations and collaboration |
I couldn't get to prework |
Great job |
Learning together |
0 |
Opportunities to work in small breakout rooms. Sharing out other groups' work. |
very supportive! |
I missed Friday afternoon's session. I did the make-up. |
Going through the units was valuable. |
I wish I could have attended the live session. |
Thanks for setting the participation norms early. |
I think the level of involvement from the teachers. |
I wasn't sure what we would be going over and there is a lot of language that is new |
Great opportunities for discussion. |
It seems like you needed more time. |
Great conversation |
Build in a break |
the training was good |
the conversation on students with different backgrounds |
everything was good |
Having important discussions regarding race and equity and math. |
I really enjoyed the session but the length of the session was daunting. |
It was useful to begin to look at the curriculum and dive into a lesson. |
I feel like it took a long time to get to that point. Although the prior information was |
Good look at organization of lessons and importance of equity as well as conceptual based |
I think it's impoertant to be clear that kids all learn at different paces and the grades |
jamboards, asking us to share but not forcing us, I appreciate that |
We were mis-informed thinking we were going to jump straight into new curriculum so it was |
It was very good training |
information provided |
zoom links |
I think that what went well was being supported and given the time to unpack the things |
I really enjoyed the session but the length of the session was daunting. |
Great Presentation |
Clear information |
time |
| All Responses for Kelsey Wasser |
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The opportunities for grade level collaboration |
Thank you for giving us time to work on our grade-level content. |
Great training. |
Small groups |
nothing |
Emily Griffin has so much positive energy. She is a wonderful facilitator! |
Breakout rooms |
Nothing. |
Great working with grade team. |
Understanding building questions |
My preparedness |
This was the best session yet! Thank you... |
Break Out Room Discussions |
Getting paid... I hope the grant money is processed soon |
Strong connection to what the teachers are grappling with right now. |
It was great! |
Great pacing and loved the different ways you asked for participation |
Opportunities to work many times with grade level partners |
I liked that we were able to work on a lesson that we will actually be teaching soon, that |
Perhaps a little more time to collaborate in the breakout rooms. |
Breakout rooms |
I think more awareness of other grade level standards so we could understand what students |
safe learning environment |
The breakout sessions |
Maybe an example of quality questioning. |
Good session |
Time to work |
Nothing |
everything |
I liked that my breakout room was with teachers from my school. |
I feel it went a little fast for me because I am not good with computers but I hope next |
Pacing of presentation |
Session was fine. We understand internet issues, we've all had them at some point or |
I liked Activity 1 and low stress and the conversation around it. |
I stress myself out when asked to respond, thinking I don't have the academic language to |
Engagement |
I think engagement with the Jamboard went well. |
I think that doing the training after a day of teaching may have made it challenging for |
Awesome course |
Group participation and collaboration |
nothing |
Great leading and modeling of teacher methods. |
Seeing a lesson in action. |
Nothing :) |
It was a welcoming environment. |
My prior knowledge. |
The Jam Board breakouts. |
This is not a great time because it's hard to focus after a full day of teaching. |
Discussion |
| All Responses for Kimberly Robertson |
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The break out rooms. |
Thanks for your time. You did great with little participation from the panel |
Kimberly was great. |
More time with lesson plans |
Everything |
breakout rooms with peers |
nothing |
Kimberly was great. |
more help with actual lessons |
Thank you |
Breakout rooms |
More time |
Teacher collaboration |
| All Responses for Kristen Taylor |
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Group participation and conversation. Content felt relevant and useful. |
I accidentally hit 6-12 when I meant to hit K-5. I am a K-5 teacher. She was very |
The breakout room were useful. |
Shorter Sessions. :-) |
Talking about ideas with my grade level colleague. |
A lot to cover in a short amount of time. It was a little stressful. |
Good size group |
More real world examples |
Demonstration of how to teach the warm up. |
Maybe pose discussion questions in a more informal way that makes people more comfortable |
It all went well. We ended up having a good open communication. |
Better understanding of the racial theory presented (more in depth knowledge), background |
we are already using a curriculum that addresses equity issues. It's aligned to the |
I think we were a little uncomfortable on the whole group share outs this first time, we |
Writing the purpose statement and discussing it with others. Thinking about the importance |
When we got to the "Equity based mathematics teaching practices", the bridge was not |
opportunity to share out |
more time in the breakout rooms |
The facilitator was encouraging and provided positive energy to the professional |
I was able to connect with other teachers. |
A list of contacts would have been useful. |
Nice to start to get to know everyone in the group. Looking foward to learning more. |
nothing |
The presenter was prepared with the materials needed to conduct the session. |
Less note - taking scrolling and searching and filling out. |
All the information being taught is a bit overwhelming. Too much to learn adequately in a |
When in breakout rooms, sharing similar thoughts about the lessons and being overwhelmed |
Given a little more time. Maybe extending the days and shortening the time a bit so it's |
NCTM Effective Teaching Practices |
More time to dive into the curriculum |
She made the day very engaging. |
clear expectations. We got time to dive into some of the curriculum. I learned how to |
She was not aware of the group's needs. The material was repetitive for a number of the |
The pace. |
New material. Time for teaching teams to work together to plan for the coming year. |
Today went relatively smoothly, especially compared to yesterday (different facilitator). |
I really enjoy the Tower of Hanoi activity. And having time to work on it independently. |
The afternoon 45 minutes that was spent on "practicing" facilitating an Number Talk was |
I have been using the Illustrative curriculum for 3 years in my class now. Seeing as |
Providing the questions in the chat before going into the breakout room was helpful. |
It would have been better to use those 40 mins to dive into the curriculum with our site |
time with our school teams not random people |
I liked the Stronger and Clear activity. It gave me a better idea of what it is so I can |
Providing time to do some of planning |
Pacing. |
Going more into depth on the purpose behind practices. Applying teaching methods but also |
It was great |
It was amazing. I felt like my thinking mattered. Kristen was so great with the flow, |
It was refreshing to get a closer look at the curriculum itself. We did a deep dive into |
Nothing!! I loved it. All of the facilitators are top notch! Especially Stephanie... she |
Much of the session was stuff we already knew or have already been doing for the last 2 |
More time to work on lesson planning, thinking about how to use it at our school specific, |
Explanations and breakout rooms |
Not enough breaks in between |
I felt like there was a disconnect with the Towers of Hanoi lesson. As a student, I was |
The presenter was well prepared. |
I did not seem to understand what was being taught from the Towers of Hanoi lesson. |
Loved her - very clear, concise |
facilitator was great, enjoyed learning about number talks |
More curriculum time |
Good discussions in breakout rooms. |
I was really hoping to work with the curriculum more since it addresses so much of what is |
Too much and too fast. I was confused much of the day. |
Slow down |
Today was nice to see the curriculem |
Lesson time at end was difficult did not have what we need to do it |
Much better than yesterday; however, some was really repetitive - the Tower Activity and |
Lots of great stuff, especially in the morning |
mentioned above |
It was OK |
The sessions go too long. |
talking with colleagues |
I personally need way more time with the curriculum and preparing to teach it, since I am |
Getting some resources for IM from other teachers |
I would love to explore IM on the website and get more information about how to use the |
Examples of routines |
I would really like time to plan with my school site. We have been using this curriculum |
| All Responses for Mary Shaw-Lewis |
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Mary is very positive. She makes the Zoom session more enjoyable. |
Teachers having an opportunity to share with each other |
More time for teachers to do that |
Everything: Organized, knowledgeable, courageous, and enlightening |
More time... |
Very Responsive. But trying to get too much content into the session. We had amazing |
Conversations, facilitator built a trusting space |
less content. The content is heavy and this session was at the end of the day. More space |
Mary was fantastic. She was engaging and kept us on-task even at the end of a long day. |
Everything. |
Maybe less material to get through. We got stuck on some conversations but they were great |
Positive interaction between participants |
Nothing, it was great! |
I enjoyed the conversations we had around the inquiry cycle and how |
Nothing, it was great! |
It was great |
Everything Mary was knowledgeable fun and engaging |
Nothing |
Mary was lively and engaging throughout our session. Her passion for the work was evident. |
High levels of participation, challenging us to think deeply about our own beliefs and |
More time :) |
the dialogue |
can't think of anything |
So much great information! |
Loved the information about inequities that exhist |
More time to talk with colleagues |
Super! Friendly, supportive, smart, kind. |
using particular justice vocabulary like race, racism, equity. There was a reference to |
more white people being quiet to allow space for BIPOC (I include myself in this |
Today was fantastic. Facilitators led a very deep and touchy conversation about race and |
The conversations were very rich! |
Discussing biases that affect teaching and student learning. |
More dicussion about the curriculumn. |
Excellent session. I'm excited about continuing the discussion about race and how the |
Everything: Organized, knowledgeable, courageous, and enlightening |
More time to discuss the impact of race and white supremacy in curriculum and standards. |
Having an open dialogue and a safe environment to have these discussions |
Nothing, it was great! |
Thanks! |
I appreciated the pacing of the session. We kept it moving. |
A lot of very big topics were brought up. It's a difficult setting to explore those on a |
She was great! |
A lot of great discussions. |
Nothing |
Great session |
Thank you for a great session. Wonderful facilitator! |
Breakout Room Discussions |
the discussions were very thought provoking |
tech issues with the moodle entry |
| All Responses for Sheena Lights |
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Timing |